Patent · US Expired

Camera

US6712531B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
7References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 2002
Grant dateMar 30, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a camera provided with a main body portion, and a lens camera cone freely sunk and reeled out in accordance with a manual operation, and improve an operability of manually reeling out the lens camera cone and manually sinking the lens camera cone. The camera is provided with a positioning means for positioning the lens camera cone at a predetermined reel-out position at a time when the lens camera cone is reeled out and positioning the lens camera cone at a predetermined sinking position at a time when the lens camera cone is sunk, and an energizing means for energizing the lens camera cone toward the reel-out position at a time when the lens camera cone exists in a portion near the reel-out position, and energizing the lens camera cone toward the sinking position at a time when the lens camera cone exists in a portion near the sinking position.

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